Category:Charles S Patridge Papers and Presentations

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Fuzzy Match/Merge without a Common Key using SAS

This article briefly describes a sample application where the normal SAS merge or SQL join would fail to
provide the kind of results needed or hoped for. By using a set of SAS functions, custom programs and
macros, and simple scoring techniques and common sense, the author developed a working model that
matches two unlinked files that contain no common keys. The fuzzy matching process developed entailed
over 1500 hours of development, testing, and revisions after being applied to several different projects and
assignments.

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